a piece of cloth that is worn around the neck, for example to keep warm or for decoration. Women also wear scarves over their shoulders or hair. 围巾;披巾;头巾 a woollen/silk scarf 羊毛/丝绸围巾
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona2He wrapped his scarf around his neck. 他把围巾围在脖子上。 Her hair was covered by a silk scarf. 她的头发遮掩在丝巾下。 She had a scarf tied over her head. 她的头上裹了条头巾。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- thick
- cashmere
- …
- wind around something
- wrap around something
- knot
- …
- cover something
Word Originnoun mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘sash (around the waist or over the shoulder)’): probably based on Old Northern French escarpe, probably identical with Old French escharpe ‘pilgrim's scrip’.